Meet the impactED team
To make an impact at your school, we bring all our team to your table. We collaborate with each other, which means if you’re working with one of us, you’re accessing the collective knowledge of all the team, helping you to make the most of our skills and expertise.

Arnika Macphail
Kaiwhakahaere

David Macphail
Kaiwhakahaere

Keryn Hooker
Kaihautu

Jackie Brown
Kaimahi

Wilj Dekkers
Kaimahi

Rachael Williams
Kaimahi

Craig Render
Remote Learning
Specialist

Alesha Sims
Facilitator Support

Patricia Mary
Admin and
Marketing Support

Arnika Macphail
Kaiwhakahaere

David Macphail
Kaiwhakahaere

Keryn Hooker
Kaihautu

Jackie Brown
Kaimahi

Wilj Dekkers
Kaimahi

Rachael Williams
Kaimahi

Craig Render
Remote Learning
Specialist

Alesha Sims
Facilitator Support

Patricia Mary
Admin and
Marketing Support
impactED was founded in July 2018 by Arnika and David Macphail. Arnika once said “All I want to do is provide awesome PLD opportunities to Educationalists around Aotearoa”. The team she has bought together to do this, come from professional teaching careers and are respected in their chosen area of pedagogy practice.
Providing awesome PLD opportunities to kaiako around Aotearoa.
We believe that collaboration reaches beyond the impactED team. We do this by forming relationships with expert talent in Education, partnerships with other MoE PLD Providers and Community Organisations, and projects that focus on specialised areas of the NZ Curriculum.
These are the amazing people and groups across Aotearoa that impactED partners with, and projects we are involved in to create extended opportunities for your kura/Kāhui Ako to experience high-quality PLD.
Education Consultants

Dr. Gabrielle Wall
Principal Consultant

Brittany Glassey
E-Textiles Expert

Robbie Rate
Library Specialist

Josh Campbell
Library Specialist

Chris McClement
E-Sports Expert

Henry Lawton
E-Sports Expert

Dr. Gabrielle Wall
Principal Consultant

Brittany Glassey
E-Textiles Expert

Robbie Rate
Library Specialist

Josh Campbell
Library Specialist

Chris McClement
E-Sports Expert

Henry Lawton
E-Sports Expert
Specialised Projects

Rubber Duck Awards
The Rubber Duck Awards is a competition for educators and ākonga, tamariki and rangatahi of Aotearoa New Zealand, to tell stories through game design.

Digital Story Telling Aotearoa
DSTA vision is to build kaiako and ākonga confidence using digital technologies to tell meaningful stories that are sustainable over time.